Alvarezsauridae, cretaceous basal birds from Patagonia and Mongolia

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 675-702

  Novas, Fernando E ^a  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alvarezsauridae; Birds; Mononykus; Patagonykus

Indexed keywords

ALVAREZSAURIDAE; BIRD; CLADISTICS; MONONYKUS; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PATAGONYKUS;

ARGENTINA, PATAGONIA; MONGOLIA;

EID: 0030427982     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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